Here’s a post that might interest some of the parents around here, or my childbirth students. I may try some of these things on myself!
In my classes, I use a rainbow technique for relaxation, but I think I like this version better. In class, I just have the couples visualize the colors, as if on a movie screen. The technique used here seems much softer and dreamlike…
You feel yourself floating on a red cloud, a beautiful red cloud. Red surrounding you, red all around. Touching red, feeling red, tasting red. A beautiful red cloud. Drift down through the red, deeper and deeper, sleepier and sleepier, until you reach an orange cloud. A beautiful orange cloud…
Yes, I’m going to try this!
To The Gates of Dreaming: Using Guided Meditation to Help Young Children Sleep.
Marlene Dotterer 